Chicago: Nov. 10-11, 2016: Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, now in its 3rd year. A curated conference. Speakers volunteer. Speakers pay their own way for the chance to present before a very special subset of fundraisers, the next generation and those dedicated to changing everything about the world ... including their own work situations. Top to bottom, left to right: Maeve Strathy and Stephanie Highfield (both @ Blakely) ~ Marc Pitman (a person who makes the human species look good) ~ my brilliant boss, Jen Yuan (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford U.) et moi ~ John Lepp (Agent of Good co-founder & art director) & Beth Ann Locke (Simon Fraser U.; NPSC consigliere; gave me homemade jam to take back) ~ Kivi's incredibly great advice ~ Jeff Schreifels, senior partner w/ Veritus Group AND Domain Group alum on the left, then Shanon Doolittle, NPSC co-enabler, then my favorite writer guru of all time, Jeff Brooks, senior creative director at TrueSense & ALSO a Domain Group alum ~ Steven Screen, founder, The Better Fundraising Co., & ALSO a Domain Group alum ~ Jen Love, the OTHER Agents of Good co-founder & chief copywriter ~ the ceiling of the Chicago Hilton ballroom, where the climax of The Fugitive, a film starring Harrison Ford, was filmed & my socks, given me by Chris Davenport, founding catalyst for NPSC, to help promote the conference theme of WHERE STORIES TAKE FLIGHT.
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